The new Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed that he regarded his application for the job as a “joke”. He described how he was ordered by the Church of England to apply after just seven months as Bishop of Durham even though he thought it ridiculous.

Speaking in an interview at Trent Vineyard, an evangelical church near Nottingham, Justin Welby said that he had been “told”, as one of the top five diocesan bishops, to apply. But he did not take the prospect seriously.

Well, one can hope that this one of God’s little jokes and that the “joke” will actually be on the revisionists. Then, again, he could turn out like PB Schori. Time will tell. God either is having a funny or holding in derision.

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